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🇧🇩☪️ Seismic drama in Bangladesh’s politics – Southasia Weekly #99
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Raisa Wickrematunge
New political alliance between Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen’s Party, flooding in Afghanistan, Myanmar’s elections and more
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🇲🇲 🪖The “general’s election” in Myanmar – Southasia Weekly #98
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Raisa Wickrematunge
Myanmar election, mob violence in Bangladesh, Imran Khan sentenced for corruption and more
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🇧🇩🔥Bangladesh burning – Southasia Weekly #97
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Raisa Wickrematunge
BNP leader Tarique Rahman’s return, the Kerala sexual assault case, over 200 people charged with violating election law in Myanmar and more
📚 Southasia Review of Books - 17 December 2025
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📚 Southasia Review of Books - 17 December 2025
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Shwetha Srikanthan
New from Amitav Ghosh, feminist lives in Nepal, and more
📖✒️ “Arundhati Roy’s own life is really her great subject”: Supriya Nair speaks on ‘Mother Mary Comes To Me’
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📖✒️ “Arundhati Roy’s own life is really her great subject”: Supriya Nair speaks on ‘Mother Mary Comes To Me’
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Shwetha Srikanthan
The Mumbai-based writer and editor Supriya Nair takes us through Arundhati Roy’s memoir of love, loyalty and the larger-than-life Mrs Roy
💯 for Himal – Power Southasian journalism into 2026!
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💯 for Himal – Power Southasian journalism into 2026!
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Roman Gautam
Our small team made a big splash this year. Now we need 100 new Patrons to cap off 2025.
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